affected. -- Income redistribution ; ethnic heterogeneity , immigration …

In recent decades, the immigration of workers and refugees to Europe has increased substantially, and the composition … municipalities throughout Sweden during the period 1985 - 94 to isolate exogenous variation in immigrant shares. We match data on … heterogeneity on preferences for redistribution. -- Income redistribution ; ethnic heterogeneity ; immigration …

treating everyone equally irrespective of sexual orientation. We find that legal recognition of partnership, marriage and …-sex marriage and similar reforms come at no "welfare" cost to society at large - if anything, the opposite appears to hold. We …

. We argue that norms and behavior in the marriage market hinder the closure of the gender gap in the labor market. …

in Sweden; different estimation methods and models yield robust elasticities in the 1.8-2.0 range. The effects for young … Sweden for both male and female refugees. We account for spatial trends - a concern in some of the recent literature - as …

This paper evaluates an ambitious and newly designed program for increased integration in Sweden. The purpose of the …